First in Denmark: Alsie Express goes into the air with biofuel in the tank.
Sønderborg: As the first domestic route in Denmark, the airline Alsie Express is now embarking in collaboration with Sønderborg Airport and DCC & Shell Aviation flights on biofuel.
From 6 May, flights on the route between Sønderborg and Copenhagen will take place on a more sustainable aviation fuel produced from organic matter such as residual oil from the food industry.
Until now, Danish aviation has primarily had the opportunity to do something in relation to CO2 emissions by compensating in the form of EU ETS taxes and by purchasing climate credits. With the introduction of more sustainable aviation fuel, we are now taking direct action to reduce emissions from flights.
This measure is, admittedly, a small, but important, step towards reducing CO2 emissions from our domestic flights. We already fly with ATR 72 aircraft, which is one of the most climate-friendly regional aircraft on the market, says Dennis Rybasch, CEO of Alsie Express.
Each tank full will consist of five to seven percent biofuel, and it will be funded by small increases in fares.
A slight reduction
Alsie Express expects a reduction in the carbon footprint of the new sustainable aviation fuel equal to about four percent of the annual CO2 emissions from domestic flights from Sønderborg to Copenhagen.
The Danish premiere at Sønderborg Airport is the first step towards a future where Danish domestic flights gradually lower the climate footprint. At Dansk Industri, Michael Svane, Industry Director, is pleased with the south Jutland airline’s initiatives.
With their voluntary initiative, Alsie Express supports the intentions of the airlines’ climate partner agreement. Fuel in particular is the most important and profitable place to take action to reduce CO2 emissions and make the aviation industry more sustainable in the long run, he says.
Dennis Rybasch, CEO of Alsie Express:
This measure is, admittedly, a small, but important, step towards reducing CO2 emissions from our domestic flights.
The new fuel will be supplied by DCC & Shell Aviation, which already supplies the Danish airports with aviation fuel. The more sustainable aviation fuel is made by the Finnish company Neste, which is a world leader in the development of bio-based fuels.
An important step
The fuel reduces the carbon footprint by up to 80 percent compared to fossil aviation fuel. Shell Aviation already supplies companies such as Amazon, DHL Express and Lufthansa with the same type that is now being introduced on the Sønderborg-Copenhagen route.
Together with Alsie Express and Sønderborg Airport, we are really taking the first steps on the road to the more sustainable air transport of the future. These are important steps that put more sustainable aviation fuel on the agenda in Denmark. }
A reality in which we fly between the regions on zero-emission aviation fuel made of e.g. wind and hydrogen, lies still some years away. But we are facing an increased deployment of bio-based aviation fuel as a way to cut the climate footprint of air traffic here-and-now, says Ceo Ulrik V. Brendstrup.
In the future, DCC & Shell Aviation also expects to be able to supply Danish airports and airlines with sustainable aviation fuel made from the residual product from Danish sewage treatment plants. It is also expected that pure hydrogen-based aviation fuel will be available by 2030.
First in Denmark: Alsie Express goes live with biofuel in the tank, May 6, 2021
